Preliminary observations of moth fauna of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India [Retracted by authors]

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Preeti Choudhary
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0958-7229
Indu Sharma
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5717-318X

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Retraction: As first author, I, Preeti Choudhury and as corresponding author, I, Indu Sharma, apologize for the unintentional errors that have been brought to our attention by one of the readers whose photographs have been used without permission or credit. We are, therefore, retracting this publication and will resubmit a thoroughly revised one for consideration. We apologize to the original photographer, the readers, the editors, and the Journal.

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